Sunnyvale holiday auction coming Nov. 17

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Sunnyvale Community Services Executive Director Marie Bernard laughs at the bidding war over dinner for six with the Sunnyvale Fire Department while auctioneer Lenny Broberg fans the flames during last year’s Holiday Auction. This year’s auction is Nov. 17 at the Elks Lodge. (Photograph by Jacqueline Ramseyer)

Sunnyvale Community Services will give people a chance to jump-start holiday shopping and bid on other goodies, all for a good cause, at the nonprofit’s annual Holiday Auction on Nov. 17.

The festivities will run from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 375 N. Pastoria Ave. Admission is free, but participants are asked to bring an unwrapped new toy or bag of canned food to help fill the community center shelves this holiday season.

“This year will be bigger and better than ever,” said Marie Bernard, executive director of Sunnyvale Community Services. “We’re getting more and more wonderful items donated.”

Guests can enjoy food and beverages while bidding on items such as exotic trips overseas, restaurant gift certificates, a three-month car rental, gift baskets and more. For wine lovers there will be a “wine pull” where for $25 participants can select a cork with a number that corresponds to a bottle of wine. Bottles are guaranteed to hold at least a $25 pour, but some bottles are worth more than $100.

All items up for auction have been donated by various Sunnyvale businesses. Proceeds go toward Sunnyvale Community Services. Bernard says that the funds and foods are needed now more than ever to meet the increased demand during the holiday season.

Victoria Kezra is a reporter covering Sunnyvale. She is a Syracuse University alumna and has previously written for The Syracuse New Times, The Daily Beast and The Jerusalem Post. She never seems to have enough milk in her house.

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